Chapter 3 of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TWO GHOSTS. The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up. Cold weather was setting in. Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone. Others were going.
Chapter 3 of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.”
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “TWO GHOSTS.”
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.”
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
From this reading “The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.”
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading “Cold weather was setting in.”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.”
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.”
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “Cold weather was setting in.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
terminate
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Cold weather was setting in.
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading TWO GHOSTS.
the act of departing
From this reading Others were going.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cold weather was setting in.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
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From this reading Others were going.
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading Cold weather was setting in.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading TWO GHOSTS.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The colony on the south shore of Lake Placid was about to break up.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading Cold weather was setting in.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
which person or people
From this reading Already many of those who had spent much of the summer there were gone.
Chapter 3 of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit by Burt L. Standish holds 64 sentences, grouped into 13 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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